Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet
Artist's tip (Find the topic): Elements: line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value. Shading: highlight faces the light, cast shadow falls away from it; near = bigger, far = smaller. Materials: watercolour see-through, poster colour opaque, B soft and dark, H hard and light.
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- 1.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a wide flat brush (c) a sponge (d) a big roller
- 2.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) pyramid
- 4.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a party hat (c) a traffic cone (d) a shoe box
- 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
- 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
- 7.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) value
- 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
- 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) form
- 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
- 13.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a marble (b) a traffic cone (c) a brick (d) a dice
- 15.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) dots packed close
- 16.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) star (c) pyramid (d) circle
- 17.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
- 20.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) colour
- 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) round brush
- 22.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cube (c) cone (d) sphere
- 23.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 24.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
- 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
- 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) oval (c) cube (d) cone
- 28.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
- 29.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a leaning ladder (c) a playground slide (d) a sleeping person
- 30.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
- 34.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
- 35.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a sculpture (c) a cube (d) a form
- 36.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
- 37.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) the darker half of it (d) the dark shape it throws
- 38.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) mixed with lots of water (c) blend with a fingertip (d) see-through colour
- 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
- 40.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
Answer key
- a small round brush
- 2H
- square
- a shoe box
- background
- far away
- geometric shape
- value
- 7
- shape
- form
- easel
- True
- a brick
- lines crossing over
- pyramid
- False
- False
- far away
- space
- water pot
- sphere
- good brush care
- bad for the brush
- watercolour
- how light or dark it is
- oval
- wavy line
- a sleeping person
- True
- False
- False
- False
- 6B
- a shape
- background
- the dark shape it throws
- blend with a fingertip
- leaving it in water
- a person standing tall
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